EP 3696778 A1 20200819 - AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE OF ITEMS
Title (en)
AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE OF ITEMS
Title (de)
VERKAUFSAUTOMAT VON GEGENSTÄNDEN
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE D'ARTICLES
Publication
Application
Priority
IT 201900002011 A 20190212
Abstract (en)
The invention relates to an automatic vending machine (1) of a plurality of items (P), comprising: a plurality of storages (50) for housing the items (P),an automated dispensing apparatus (110), which is configured to move the items (P) with respect to the storages (50), a measuring apparatus (205,210) housed inside the vending machine and configured to detect the value of a parameter indicating the number of items (P) present inside a storage (50), and an electronic control and command unit (200), which is operatively connected to the measuring apparatus (205,210) and is configured to calculate the number of items (P) present in the storage (50), based on the value indicating the number of product detected by the measuring apparatus (205,210).
IPC 8 full level
G07F 11/42 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 11/16 (2006.01); G07F 11/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 9/0235 (2020.05); G07F 9/026 (2013.01); G07F 11/165 (2013.01); G07F 11/32 (2013.01); G07F 11/42 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] WO 2016077597 A1 20160519 - RTC IND INC [US]
- [I] US 4639875 A 19870127 - ABRAHAM JOSEPH N [US], et al
- [I] US 2015332377 A1 20151119 - PELKONEN KIMMO [FI], et al
- [I] US 5533079 A 19960702 - COLBURN ERIC R [US], et al
- [A] US 6241121 B1 20010605 - YASAKA YOSHIO [JP]
- [A] EP 2634755 A1 20130904 - DAMIAN S R L [IT]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 20156145 A 20200207; IT 201900002011 A 20190212